Singer and civil rights activist, 90, holds Pittsburgh audience spellbound with tales of his life and denunciation of Trump as a national ‘mistake’
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Diana Ross to Receive American Music Award of Lifetime Achievement at 2017 AMAs | Billboard
Diana Ross will receive the American Music Award of Lifetime Achievement at the 2017 American Music Awards, Dick Clark Productions and ABC announced Wednesday (Oct. 18).
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Watch: This African American folk legend won her first Grammy at age 90 | Timeline
Elizabeth Cotten played her guitar upside down
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Sammy Davis Jr. Embodied the Difficulties Black Entertainers Face Today | Vice
A new documentary explores the late and legendary entertainer’s complicated legacy.
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Singer, siren, activist, spy: the extraordinary life of Josephine Baker – History Extra
Born into poverty, dancer Josephine Baker became an overnight sensation in a vaudeville show, launching a glittering cabaret career that took her across the globe, from Broadway to Paris.
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Re-performing the Histories of African American Public Figures
In Written in Smoke and Fire, Edgar Arceneaux reappropriates blackface and examines the legacy of a quasi-sacral figure in national history, Martin Luther King, Jr.
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You Have to Take Donald Glover Seriously Now
With his new album, ‘Awaken, My Love!,’ the ‘Atlanta’ creator makes his case as the most exciting young polymath working in pop culture.
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